(1)
"In June 1866 he was the Unionist nominee for Congress from the Seventy-first District. He easily defeated Samuel A. Maverick and S. C. Thompson, then returned to Uvalde in July 1866 in anticipation of the opening of the legislature in August."
Handbook of Texas Online.
(2)
Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.

Reading Wood Black (9/23/1830 - 10/3/1867) founded the town of Encino, later renamed Uvalde, in 1855; a Quaker opposed to secession, he eventually moved to Mexico until the end of the Civil War. Interment in Uvalde Cemetery in Uvalde County, TX.
Find a Grave.

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